Albania to have highest economic growth of 4-5% in 2010

Albanian Minister of Economy, Trade and Energy, Mr. Dritan Prifti said on Thursday that Albania Economy will have the highest economic growth in Europe in 2010. This statement was made during the speech at the presentation ceremony held in the Veneto Bank. "If in 2009 the economy grew by 3 percent, this year we believe that economic growth to go to 4 to 5 percent (in 2010) ", said Minister"


The Minister said that Albania Economy has many sectors with investment interest, such as energy, mining, tourism, etc.. "I want to invite Albanian businesses, but also foreign ones to invest in Albania, to be more innovative, have more stable business plans and profit, because the truth is that today the banking sector in Albania is submerged in liquidity. The banking sector has more money available to accredited for business and actually complains that business has so many ideas is to invest ", said Minister of Economy, Trade and Energy. Minister continued by saying that the government is interested to deepen economic reforms in place and informed that together with the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance have recently discussed starting the process for selection of strategic investor for the Tirana Stock Exchange, where a significant portion of the percentage will remain for the banking sector.

Source Government of Albania

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